Oude Vismijn
Baroque fish-market gateway crowned by Neptune, now a riverside tourist office opposite a castle.
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This guide to the Oude Vismijn, the Old Fish Market of Ghent, follows the money through a building that has sold almost everything. It reaches back to sixteen eighty-nine, when the city's aldermen bought up houses from the canons of Saint Veerle to make room for the fish trade, and to the riverside spot where boats met the stalls. Stand facing the gate and look up at Neptune while you listen.
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